[OpenGLAM] Open Gallery by Google

Wed Dec 11 15:56:18 UTC 2013

This is from the Google Cultural Institute About page. Seems to apply to
Open Gallery:

Are the images on the Cultural Institute and Art Project site
copyright-protected?

The high-resolution imagery featured on the site is owned by their
respective museums or collections, and these images may be subject to
various copyright laws around the world. The Street View imagery is owned
by Google. All imagery on this site is not intended for download and is
provided for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit
of the Cultural Institute site, in the manner permitted by Google’s Terms
of Service (http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/). The normal
Google Terms of Service apply to your use of the entire site.

>From the ToS:

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> Yeah it is a question that is on my mind as well. Last week there was in
> interview in the Guardian with Amid Sood, head of the Google cultural
> institute. A very hyping article and they addressed the rights in a
> paragraph saying:
>
> "The final thing was the rights. Essentially, who owns the rights? We
> worked really hard with our legal teams and the museums so that we could
> say to them: you will always own the rights and you have the right to take
> down content at any time. Once you cross those perceptual, legal barriers,
> that's when it gets interesting; that's when the excitement begins."
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2013/dec/03/amit-sood-google-cultural-institute-art-project
>
> Would be good to have a more in depth chat with him about this :) Anybody
> happens to have his contact details?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joris
>
>
> 2013/12/11 Dorota Kawêcka <kawecka at innemuzeum.pl>
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm very curious to hear your opinions about the new Google project -
>> Google Open Gallery. Only yesterday evening I got sent the link by two
>> non-GLAM people. I wonder how open is Open Gallery - I've briefly looked
>> through a Polish contemporary art museum site on this service (
>> http://mocak.culturalspot.org/home) and I didn't seem to find any
>> information on copyrights to the artworks. Does anyone know their T&Cs?
>> I'm
>> still waiting for my account to be activated.
>>
>> best,
>>
>> Dorota Kawecka
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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